Phone Snooping ‘Prevented Riots’

To tweet or not tweet where you’re rioting next? One option was to shut down social networks so that rioters couldn’t mass communicate. The other option was to allow them to tweet and text, then read their messages to find out what they’re planning next. The latter was able to prevent attacks on the Olympic site and London’s Oxford Street. BBC reports:

Police say they prevented attacks by rioters on the Olympic site and London’s Oxford Street after picking up intelligence on social networks.

Right, and wire-taps and torture ‘prevented’ terror attacks here in the US.

Redacted

Thats what Jack Bauer said.

Mr Willow

Ha!

Mr Willow

Right, and wire-taps and torture ‘prevented’ terror attacks here in the US.

Hadrian999

on a side note, twitter is an agent provocateur’s wet dream. hacking a single twitter account and abducting a key leader in a movement could push an entire organization into criminal activity, it’s a perfect way to roll up dissident groups.

Hadrian999

on a side note, twitter is an agent provocateur’s wet dream. hacking a single twitter account and abducting a key leader in a movement could push an entire organization into criminal activity, it’s a perfect way to roll up dissident groups.

Stumage

Sniff sniff, something stinks, did a bull shit in here some where?

Stumage

Sniff sniff, something stinks, did a bull shit in here some where?

http://voxmagi-necessarywords.blogspot.com/ VoxMagi

Someone from counter intelligence must have had a stern chat with them and brought a few tired old traditional ‘hard power’ fascists to grasp that silencing communications is actually detrimental to info gathering and manipulation efforts. In the technical era…the weapons of soft power are disinformation, observation, co-opting, corrupting etc. A black out leaves the intelligence gatherers as helpless to predict whats next as the insurrectionist/insurgent.

http://voxmagi-necessarywords.blogspot.com/ VoxMagi

Someone from counter intelligence must have had a stern chat with them and brought a few tired old traditional ‘hard power’ fascists to grasp that silencing communications is actually detrimental to info gathering and manipulation efforts. In the technical era…the weapons of soft power are disinformation, observation, co-opting, corrupting etc. A black out leaves the intelligence gatherers as helpless to predict whats next as the insurrectionist/insurgent.

BuzzCoastin

It’s interesting to see the UK, a longstanding critic of Chinese censorship, doing exactly what China does.

http://buzzcoastin.posterous.com BuzzCoastin

It’s interesting to see the UK, a longstanding critic of Chinese censorship, doing exactly what China does.

Anonymous

Thats what Jack Bauer said.

Mr Willow

Ha!

matty-o

I love how governments don’t know how to respond to an emergency unless they can spy on their own citizens.

matty-o

I love how governments don’t know how to respond to an emergency unless they can spy on their own citizens.

Hello RiotersLook at your friend, now back to me; now at your friend, now back to me! Sadly, he isn’t me; but if he stopped using antisocial behavior and started using job center he could be like me. Look down, back up. Where are we? You’re at an interview, with the man your friend could work for! What’s in his hand? It’s an application form to that job he needs. Look again.. the form is now money! Anything is possible when you get a job and stop looting. I’m at a desk.

Hello RiotersLook at your friend, now back to me; now at your friend, now back to me! Sadly, he isn’t me; but if he stopped using antisocial behavior and started using job center he could be like me. Look down, back up. Where are we? You’re at an interview, with the man your friend could work for! What’s in his hand? It’s an application form to that job he needs. Look again.. the form is now money! Anything is possible when you get a job and stop looting. I’m at a desk.

Okarin

they had cctv cameras area and they still couldn’t see this coming

Okarin

they had cctv cameras area and they still couldn’t see this coming

Tuna Ghost

Oh yeah, they “stopped” the riots alright. I mean, that whole riot was just a blip on the national radar. They had that under control right away.

Tuna Ghost

Oh yeah, they “stopped” the riots alright. I mean, that whole riot was just a blip on the national radar. They had that under control right away.